P. v. Laing CA4/2
Defendant and appellant Christine Laing appeals from the trial court’s judgment ordering involuntary treatment at Patton State Hospital (Patton) as a mentally disordered offender (MDO) pursuant to Penal Code section 2962. Defendant makes one claim on appeal: that her MDO commitment must be reversed because the statutorily required findings that her assault by means of force likely to cause great bodily injury conviction factually qualified as a MDO commitment offense, and that the crime was caused or aggravated by her severe mental health disorder, were based primarily on inadmissible hearsay testimony from the People’s medical experts in violation of People v. Stevens (2016) 62 Cal.4th 325 (Stevens).
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